Grant Gerlock
Assistant News DirectorExpertise: Reporting on Education policy, the Iowa Legislature, water quality and news in Central Iowa, as well as editing and photography, all to help IPR listeners and readers understand and connect with their communities and the state where they live
Education: Masters degree from Miami University (Ohio)
Favorite Iowa Destination: Hitchcock Nature Center
Experience:
- Covered local and statewide government issues, local community issues and other news for IPR and previously for Harvest Public Media and NET (now Nebraska Public Media)
- Has reported and written features on all branches of Iowa's state government, education policy and impacts in Iowa, water quality and general news and events in Central Iowa
- Is a multi-award-winning reporter, including a Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Award of Merit for his series "Ten years of Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy" and a second place award from the Public Media Journalists Association for his reporting on safety concerns about carbon capture pipelines
- Has reported and produced features for Morning Edition and All Things Considered
- Has training and certification from Poynter's ACES editorial program
My Favorite Stories
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Republican Rep. Zach Nunn won a close race for Iowa’s 3rd District two years ago, by less than 1%. Now, two first-time candidates are running to win the seat back for Democrats. -
Officials now say four people were killed and at least 35 were injured in the storm that destroyed dozens of homes in the southwest Iowa community. -
Gov. Kim Reynolds says a new law giving the state more oversight of the state’s nine Area Education Agencies introduces more accountability into special education. -
Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy is a roadmap to curb the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous contaminating the state’s waterways and contributing to a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. IPR News is looking at what has — and hasn’t — changed in the decade since. -
Proposed projects would add more than 3,000 miles of new carbon pipelines through rural parts of the Midwest. Some emergency officials are concerned about safety, especially after a rupture on a similar pipeline three years ago.
My Latest Stories
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Polls have closed across Iowa. See who voters picked to represent their party in November’s general election. -
Ian Roberts admitted that he falsely claimed citizenship when he was hired by Des Moines Public Schools. He faces deportation to his native Guyana after he serves his sentence. -
In the final hours of Gov. Kim Reynolds' final legislative session, Republican lawmakers came together around a plan they say will save property taxpayers around $4 billion over six years. -
Rep. Randy Feenstra and his challengers took turns appealing to conservative voters at a Des Moines fundraiser. It was the first event of the primary season where all five GOP candidates made an appearance in person. -
The U.S. Army Reserve said Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien died when an Iranian drone struck a command center in Kuwait. That attack killed six soldiers from the same Des Moines-based unit.
